The IGK Detox Shampoo & Volumizing spray put to the test (ENG/FR)

March 28, 2019

I am quite funny when it comes to hair products. Having quite oily hair, I have to be careful when I use a product that it won’t make it look greasy or grease quicker. If you read my blogpost about how I got my hair to be less oily, you’ll understand that it already is a challenge.

I had heard about IGK when a few macroinfluencers were invited to a trip to the US to promote IGK being launched in the UK. When they mentioned the fact that the dry shampoos come in three different strength, I knew I wanted to try them. I was browsing Sephora the other day (as you do) and saw that Sephora France was selling it, yay! I decided to go for the First Class Detox Shampoo which is the highest strength. Along the recommandation, I decided to try the Beach Club Volumizing spray. I do have fine hair, and not a lot of it, so it sounded good to me.

The First Class Charcoal Detox Dry Shampoo

I took advantage of the fact that I couldn’t wash my hair as I usually should have done on a Thursday, because I was going to the gym the next day so it was pointless to wash them two days in a row, to test the dry shampoo. It was very windy the day before and I had had a sweaty night (it was too hot for a duvet but it’s so comfy!) so my hair wasn’t looking great. I shook the bottle well, sprayed it at arms length where needed (basically everywhere but the length) and let it in whilst havign breakfast and doing my makeup. After a little brush, it looked like I had just washed my hair. It looked fresh, shiny and my hair weren’t heavy. However, I can still feel on my hair that I have something on my hair. It’s no silky smooth as freshly washed hair feel, more rough if that makes sense. But as it’s the strongest one of the bunch, it just does its job. It doesn’t bother me too much, it helps me not to spend the day touching my hair. And damn, my hair looks freshly washed all the time now!

The Beach Wave Volumizing and Texturizing spray

The issue I had was when I decided to test out the Beach wave spray at the same time, because why not, huh. Well… because it basically ruined my hair. It did had volume and texture, so it does what it says. However, it left my hair feeling like I had just swam in the ocean with everything it means: salty hair feeling, impossible to brush, feeling dry and super rough. I couldn’t wash that evening so having to leave it in my hair for two days was hard. As my hair still looked good the next day, it was more about getting my hair up so that I couldn’t feel how bad it was. I threw it in a low ponytail (which looked great thanks to the volume and texture, I have to admit), but I hated how it felt. The lady at my local Sephora counter was kind enough to let me return it so… as you can guess that’s a no from me.

Final Thoughts?

But I am obsessed with the dry shampoo. Just this morning my sister told me my hair looked amazing and it was second day hair and again, it was incredibly, wall-shaking windy yesterday and I thought my hairdo was ruined, but no. I sprayed it on and it looked fresh, had kept two nights ago curls in beautifully. I love it!